I don't usually like a movie that includes "magic" it never bothers to explain.

Yet I thoroughly enjoyed "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," a Disney throwback to the kind of family film that rarely gets made anymore. This is a movie multiple generations can enjoy together. For want of a better word, it is sweet - without milking sentiment to the point of manipulation.

Yes, the teens may get a little restless because it's not as action-packed as they like. But I think even jaded teens might connect with the messages "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" contains about bullying, parenting, being okay with being "different," making mistakes and following your creative instincts.

The movie opens with a young couple being interviewed at an adoption agency. They make their case for being given a child by telling a vivid story from their recent past. The story, told in multiple flashbacks, is the movie.